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H. J., BIGKLE & J. E. BRIDGES.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 279.123. Patented June 12,1883.

UNITED- ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J BIOKLE AND JOHN E. BRIDGES, OF DUNGANNON, ONTARIO,

CANADA.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,123, dated June 12,1883.

Application filed December 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY JAMES BIOKLE, of the village of Dungannon,county of Huron, Province of Ontario, harness-maker, and J OHN EDWARDBRIDGES, of the same place, wagonmaker, have jointly invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Harness-Pads; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our improvements relate to a harness-pad in common use in buggy,carriage, and other harness.

It consists in improvements in said harnesspads by which the cost ofmanufacture is greatly reduced, and the pad, more suitable for generaluse, being adjustable to suit the various configurations of that part ofthe horse with which it is in contact when in use.

In the or dinary harness-pad, the construction of which is without anymeans of such adjustment, a correctly-fitting pad is very seldom found,and less or more injury to the back of the animal is caused inconsequence of such misfit. Our pad consists of the usual metallic mainplate, but is constructed with ribs 011 its under surface, near to eachouter edge, and with two slots in each side of the crown of the plate,so that the pad is more easily secured to the same.

It also'consists in the mode of construction of the pad, whichconstruction consists of a piece of suitable wood or other material madeof a peculiar form, and covered on its under surface and'sides withleather or other suitable material and stuffed between the leather andthe wood when so required. On the upper and flatside of this wood thereis inserted a metallic plate, drilled and threaded to receive thethreaded point of one of the terrets, which, after passing through theleather strap or cover and the main plate, enters the threaded hole inthe metallic plate in the upper side of the pad, and by turning theterret it becomes thoroughly secured and fastened with the cover to themain metallic plate, and at the same time secures the pad to the underside thereof. By unscrewing the terret a little the pad is then looseenough to be shifted in the slot, as may be required, and thenscreweddown tight. There are two slots in the main plate, in the outer one ofwhich a screw-nail may be put in when thoughtto be necessary. To theouter ends of main plate we generally secure the side straps with copperrivets, making a strong and good finish, the one with the other. Theouter end of the cover is generally sewed to the skirt, making all snugand tight.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of harness-pad,with portions of the straps attached thereto, showing the metallic mainplate A, the outer cover, B, the pads O O, terrets D- D, the hook E, andstraps F F. A portion of the main plate is removed to show the plate 0,into which the terrets are screwed. Fig. 2 is a detached view of terretD. Fig. 8 shows one of the terrets D as if being screwed into one of thepads C. Fig. 4 is a detached view of hook E. Fig. 5 is aview of mainplate A, showing the aperture a for hook E, the slots a and rivet-holesa. Fig. 6 is a side view of pad 0. Fig. 7 is aplan view of cover B,showing the aperture 1) and the slots 1) b". Fig. 8 is a cross-sectionof main plate A, with ribs to for securing more perfectly the pads O G,which are fitted closely between the said ribs.

It will be observed from the foregoing specification and accompanyingdrawings that by slightly unscrewing the terrets D D the pads O O can bemoved in either direction, so as to fit accurately any particular formof the back of the animal on which it may be applied. It will further beobserved from the cross-section of plate A, as shown in Fig. 8, that itis greatly increased in strength by the ribs to, placed on the loweredge of the same, and will be more durable than the ordinary main platein harness-pads. I

Having thus described our invention, we claim The pads O C, constructedwith the plate 0, as described, in combination with the plate A,provided with the slots a and terrets DD, as specified and described,and for the purposes set forth.

' HENRY JAMES BIOKLE.

JOHN EDWVARD BRIDGES.

Vitnesses:

JOHN IVIOFFAT, GEO. A. SIDDALL.

